The nobility as an economic force in the Habsburg Empire
Pomp and pageantry: when we think of the nobility in the Habsburg Monarchy, we usually think of them as spending lavishly. But where did the money for all the pomp and splendour actually come from? The historian Veronika Hyden-Hanscho is investigating the sources of income and the entrepreneurial activities of the nobility from the 17th […] Continue reading “The nobility as an economic force in the Habsburg Empire”